Jury Pool Profile

Randolph County, West Virginia

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 27,782
Median household income: $55,057
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,195 90.7%
Black or African American alone 422 1.5%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 154 0.6%
Two or more races 1,975 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 301 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 5,158 18.6%
18–24 2,220 8.0%
25–44 6,721 24.2%
45–64 7,455 26.8%
65 and over 6,228 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 1.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,695
Establishments: 1,002

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,696 35.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,175 20.8%
Manufacturing 960 9.2%
Public administration 917 8.8%
Leisure & hospitality 868 8.3%
Construction 502 4.8%
Professional & business services 453 4.3%
Financial activities 366 3.5%
Other services 301 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 132 1.3%
Information 98 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.1%
Median gross rent: $807
Owner-occupied: 8,009
Renter-occupied: 2,376

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,594 votes cast

Republican 8,356 72.1%
Democratic 3,008 25.9%
Other / third-party 230 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 230 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 40 0.2%
German 29 0.1%
Other Indo-European 12 0.0%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,385
Family households: 6,521; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,933
Single-mother households: 455
Veterans: 1,704; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,189 15.0%
Mainline Protestant 3,969 14.2%
Catholic 1,344 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 565 2.0%
Black Protestant 202 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courtswv.gov; cross-checked against W. Va. Code § 51-2-1a. Magistrate Courts (limited jurisdiction — misdemeanors, traffic, small civil up to $10K) are separately allocated one per county and not counted here. Family Court judges (domestic relations) also separate.)
Court seats: Elkins

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 4.42 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023